◆ SpookStack

At edie Sete ye tine oe eee RE ny PEIN TRS Crete geen RT TE ae uy gL AB par ny: ' —kHe blabbea’: _ No-Whitehall'’s concern was “ over one appalling crime that. be committed in his cups. | HE BLABBED THE NAMES. OF TWO TOP BRITISH * SECRET SERVICE MEN in HIS CLOSEST FRIEKD _ SPEAKS AT LAST [ i SPAiNn, -~': tr ye over “Bure o rh is the firt of a grofounly on “eorm be etiact to. isturbing series of ar: t, - His ” reveal appalling fects about Guy London hitter ane Burgess, the missing diplomat, that Irom our Secret the authorities HAVE NOT DARED agents tet ee nee 4 70 ker THE PUBLIC jong way towards rulning 4 ro . a Pb aeif a : their confiden wo . EF Yet he was charged—be-< OR 20° years. one ‘Incredibly: ] e These diseto sures Heve tt of poe wih mere a ot come from the one man What was his purpose in ; eo vicious man used blackmail ~ in a position to know the ae contact~as I can * ‘and corruption on ac lossal = complete story. He was now dase be ct agen. ading ri of scafe to worm out Britain's most | Burgess’s closest friend in Gib d Tangier? | ‘ precious secrets for the rulers for more than 20 veh | aSere, can be no oe Ss. and now occupies a hig now that Guy Burgess ving us of Russia. oP BAYER eee academic post wo ‘in fect simply ce roe “4 . That Is the truth ‘about Guy Burgess, 7 - . out his tea Spy. - the missing diplomat, that even today ' sf © Only he can "reveal ; Be was Tlenrtng te “the men whose duty is to protect us | the full depth of cor- ; gather information sbovt - from foreign spies dare not admit. ruption that lay behind Becta E -for - Western Europe ., Only last week a committee appointed Guy Burgess’s treachery. mission to Moscow. “py the Prime Minister presented a report | Now he speaks about the His “indiscretion” Jn nee ¢ * on the state of our security services that ‘| friend who was the great- the te a wcgier ae sheer .. dodged this shameful truth, ‘ 4 8 traitor of all. . Cpe He hed drunk 60 The report spoke of the danger of employ-: : im . . . | ueh that he was incapable of . ing in confidential posts men with “gerlous _failings” such as “ drunkenness, addiction to drugs, homosexuality, or any loose ilving.” . But it failed to disclose how one man who Was guilty of all these fafiings—Guy Burgess. Wrought more damage to Britaln than any {tor in our history. - oo 73 And it failed to warn the nation that men ke Burgess are only able to scape de- ection because THEY HAVE ciel ————— lling his tongue. . : 7 ™ y.,- {fiver on this bumdnun loved — the Foreign Office han His Jekyll and Hyde caret ‘that the ter aflair, - was a masterpiece of duplicity eless it should have* one toes can be no bette 1 Nevertn elem of Bucgess-as &- wate ot ae jnost fantastiq |diplomat, Even the tolerant . incidents of t =" lOftice realised that a Dlabber” - “our gA9 be se set out for a holl- | lke Guy Bibees re or in are , day. Te was muppet auticn ax /one of our key Government ‘FRIENDS IN HIGH PLACES ‘WHO PRACTISE THE SAME went to’ parties together, | Sultt breek te 2 Shere be Gepartmente eo ge hs. TERRIBLE VICES. - we had the same friends. Personal Secrecy : F Ty ts the fatlure of the { _, fit is godfather to one of my | Hector NicNed, Minister of uate s, ‘Terrified — ws r ‘chAdren. He wrote to me fre- | @ second-in-command | . Government on these two . quently when we were separated. - an est Bevin. “and Burgess himself was “grave counts that has atlast . He has even sent me messages - © » North Ages : terrified of being sacked He A ee! 5 tripe N “prompted me to tell all I | of friendship from Moscow. > , Sut his bine turned | told me 60 taim te : know about Burgess and so | He deceived me about only i, io search of t Heng alcpholie { _ Indeed, Heap claim the gout place the public in posses, | one” thing tis” areechiecy | wut "to be one } ful credit of having saved Guy + gion of facts that ought | Britain And it is the way be | He drank his way eariceraaeette it a helped _.. §Féver to bave been con- the “Foreign, Offer and on igfranee and Spain. eprations Brita most dangerous spy t0 cealed.: 923 TIT] Security chiefs that is the most | YO for specks Sie? ‘Plcary. on his monstrous be-, ‘ F Iam not going to exp express any c : —_. als. . ‘"@pinion about the legal and tay ding end terrifying me | net a T came into the affair when nad the tat ath ' Guy showed me the memoran- more! evflt of homoseruale |§ ¥ wee TE Bt . gu Ua.S, / am only ‘concerned to tel you | traitor in our history. Yet for a party in Tangier that mide dum be had drawn up in reply. here about how one of them | 90 years he played the part of | eiccholic—and diplomati ‘to the eharge of in int of was able to betray his country — 6 stalwart Briton, 1 tory . oe - He He asked me what I thought and get away with it for ao He was a Communist of the ene. ‘uty Get: 2 deepest Red Yet for @ long ime he convinced everybody ’ We shared TH ne hed Na sympathies. aod there i no one apait wom Re fae, me Who has the Knowledge | _ T have known Guy Burgess"! Tr 24 years. We were cor. La > antly in each other's homes. Se ; _ We. shared snristies and iors. a